iNdodana kaBaba Ibhekana noMlingi
Elambile ngemuva kwezinsuku ezingamashumi amane, uJesu uphendula umlingi kathathu ngezwi likaBaba wakhe esikhundleni sokufakazela lutho. Ngemuva kwalokho uhlala eKapernawume, ubiza abadobi abayeka amanetha abo ngokushesha, futhi izixuku zifika zivela nxazonke ziphethe bonke abangazange baphiliswe ngomunye.
4 1Khona-ke uMoya oNgcwele wamholela uJesu ehlane ukuze alingwe ngudeveli. 2Esezile izinsuku ezingamashumi amane nobusuku obungamashumi amane, walamba. 3Umlingi wafika wathi kuye: “Uma uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, yisho kulawa matshe ukuba abe yizinkwa.”
4Kodwa yena waphendula wathi: “Kulotshiwe ukuthi, ‘Umuntu akaphili ngesinkwa sodwa, kodwa ngalo lonke izwi eliphuma emlonyeni kaBaba wethu.’”
5Khona-ke udeveli wamyisa emzini ongcwele, wammisa esicongweni sethempeli, 6wathi kuye: “Uma uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, ziphonse phansi, ngokuba umBhalo uthi, ‘Uyakuyala izingelosi zakhe ngawe, zikuthwale ngezandla zazo, ukuze ungaqhuzuki ngonyawo lwakho etsheni.’”
7UJesu wathi kuye: “Kuphinde kulotshwe ukuthi, ‘Ungamlingi uBaba wakho.’”
8UDeveli waphinde wamyisa entabeni ende kakhulu, wambonisa yonke imibuso yezwe nenkazimulo yayo. 9Wathi kuye: “Konke lokhu ngizakukunika, uma uguqa ungikhonze.”
10Khona-ke uJesu wathi kuye: “Suka, Sathane! Ngokuba umBhalo uthi, ‘Khonza uBaba wakho, umkhonze yena yedwa.’”
11Khona-ke udeveli wamshiya, masinyane kwafika izingelosi zamnakekela.
Ukukhanya Kuphumela eGalile
12Kwathi esezwile ukuthi uJohane uboshiwe, wamuka waya eGalile. 13Washiya iNazaretha, wayakuhlala eKapernawume elisogwini lolwandle, ezweni lakwaZebuloni nelakwaNafetali, 14ukuze kugcwaliseke okwakhulunywa ngumprofethi u-Isaya ukuthi: 15“Izwe lakwaZebuloni nezwe lakwaNafetali, indlela yolwandle, ngaphesheya kweJordani, iGalile labezizwe, 16abantu abahlala ebumnyameni babone ukukhanya okukhulu, nalabo abahlala ezweni nasethunzini lokufa, kubo kuphumele ukukhanya.”
17Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi uJesu waqala ukushumayela, ethi: “Phendukani, ngokuba umbuso kaBaba wethu ususeduze.”
UJesu Ubiza Abafundi Bakhe Bokuqala
18Ehamba ngaselwandle lwaseGalile, wabona izelamani ezimbili, uSimoni othiwa uPhethro nomfowabo u-Andreya, bephonsa inetha olwandle—babengabadobi.
19Wathi kubo: “Ngilandeleni, ngizakunenza abadobi babantu.”
20Masinyane bashiya amanetha abo bamlandela. 21Esedlulela phambili, wabona ezinye izelamani ezimbili—uJakobe indodana kaZebedi noJohane umfowabo—besesikebheni kanye noyise uZebedi, belungisa amanetha, wababiza. 22Masinyane bashiya isikebhe noyise bamlandela.
uBaba wethu Uphilisa NgeNdodana Yakhe
23Wahamba lonke iGalile, efundisa emasinagogeni abo, ememezela izindaba ezinhle zombuso, ephilisa zonke izifo nakho konke ukugula phakathi kwabantu. 24Udumo lwakhe lwanda kulo lonke iSiriya. Bamlethela bonke abagulayo—ababephethwe yizifo ezahlukene nezinhlungu, abakhwelwe ngamademoni, abanesithuthwane, nabakhubazekile—wabaphilisa. 25Izixuku eziningi zamlandela zivela eGalile, naseDekapholi, naseJerusalema, naseJudiya, nangaphesheya kweJordani. a a v25 IDekapholi kwakuyiqoqo lemizi eyishumi eyayakhiwe kakhulu ngabezizwe, ngasempumalanga nangaseningizimu-mpumalanga yoLwandle lwaseGalile.
